Black Swan Cygnus atratus Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (45)
- Monotypic
Carles Carboneras and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated September 1, 2013
Text last updated September 1, 2013
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Swartswaan |
| Asturian | Cisne prietu |
| Azerbaijani | Qara qu |
| Basque | Beltxarga beltza |
| Bulgarian | Черен лебед |
| Catalan | cigne negre |
| Chinese | 黑天鵝 |
| Chinese (Hong Kong SAR China) | 黑天鵝 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 黑天鹅 |
| Croatian | crni labud |
| Czech | labuť černá |
| Danish | Sortsvane |
| Dutch | Zwarte Zwaan |
| English | Black Swan |
| English (United States) | Black Swan |
| Faroese | Svartsvanur |
| Finnish | mustajoutsen |
| French | Cygne noir |
| French (France) | Cygne noir |
| Galician | Cisne negro |
| German | Schwarzschwan |
| Greek | Μαυρόκυκνος |
| Hebrew | ברבור שחור |
| Hungarian | Fekete hattyú |
| Icelandic | Svartsvanur |
| Indonesian | Soang hitam |
| Italian | Cigno nero |
| Japanese | コクチョウ |
| Latvian | Melnais gulbis |
| Lithuanian | Juodoji gulbė |
| Norwegian | svartsvane |
| Polish | łabędź czarny |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Cisne-preto |
| Romanian | Lebădă neagră |
| Russian | Чёрный лебедь |
| Serbian | Crni labud |
| Slovak | labuť čierna |
| Slovenian | Črni labod |
| Spanish | Cisne Negro |
| Spanish (Spain) | Cisne negro |
| Spanish (Uruguay) | Cisne Negro |
| Swedish | svart svan |
| Thai | หงส์ดำ |
| Turkish | Kara Kuğu |
| Ukrainian | Лебідь чорний |
Cygnus atratus (Latham, 1790)
PROTONYM:
Anas atrata
Latham, 1790. Index ornithologicus, sive systema ornithologiæ; complectens avium divisionem in classes, ordines, genera, species, ipsarumque varietates: adjectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibus, &c. 2, p.834.
TYPE LOCALITY:
lakes of Australia.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- CYGNUS
- cygnus
- atrata / atratus
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Black Swan
